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5.16Sep 1, 2010ToodledoTwitter Fixed

Twitter decided to change the way that third-party apps authenticate with Twitter. The result was that yesterday Toodledo stopped being able to work with Twitter. It has now been fixed.
5.15Aug 30, 2010Improvements to Locations and Sorting

We have just released the following bug fixes/improvements.

1) The sort toolbar now has a more intuitive method for picking the sort direction.
2) On the public sharing page, notes are now viewable again.
3) In your account settings, it is now possible to pick the units used for displaying distances (miles or kilometers).
4) When viewing a collaborator's list in the location view, the map will now show all of their locations.
5) Switching the location tab that you are on while the map is hidden will now cause the map to secretly update so when you reveal the map, the correct location is highlighted.
6) It is now possible to sort by distance when in Multi-Line view with a manual location set.
7) You can now reverse sort by Importance.
8) The slim website will now ask for permission to have your current location only when you enter the location view.
5.14Aug 25, 2010Locations, Reverse Sort, and More

We have been working very hard over the last several months to bring you this important update to Toodledo.

Locations
You can now assign tasks to a location. These locations will be plotted on a map so you can visually see where your tasks are located. You can group and sort your tasks by location to quickly see what needs to get done, wherever you are.

You can also sort your tasks by their distance from your current location to see what you can do nearby. If your web browser is location aware, it will automatically update with your current location, otherwise, you can set it manually.

Location is enabled on our main website, our mobile website, and our import/export tools. Coming soon to the iPhone and Firefox Addon.

To enable locations, visit your account settings and edit the "Fields Used" section.

Bi-directional Sort
It is now possible to sort your lists in either direction. Want to see tasks sorted by due-date with oldest at the top? Now you can. Just click on the column titles to change the sort direction when in column view. In multi-line view, each time you click the sort button in the toolbar it will change directions.

Collaboration Bug Fixes
Adding a task to a collaborator's list via the search page will now work. Also, it is now possible to change the view format (grid vs multi-line) when viewing a collaborator's list.

Toolbar Improvements
The state of the toolbars (filters, sort, quick search, collaborators) will now be remembered between views, so if you always want the sort toolbar to be open, Toodledo will remember this so you don't have to get opening it each time you refresh the page.

Keyboard shortcuts
We have added three more keyboard shortcuts for those of you with keyboard shortcuts enabled in your account settings.
1) Control+Command+* will now toggle the star when adding a new task.
2) ESC will now cancel a quick-search.
3) X will now take you to the new location view.

Bug fixes / Improvements
1) It is now possible to add foldrs/contexts/goals/locations on the fly via the "Add Multiple Tasks" page.
2) SMS reminders will no longer be missing the task name for some cell phone carriers that had previously been omitting it.
3) Pages will now load quicker due to extensive server optimizations.
4) Numerous other minor bugs and corrections.
5.13Aug 3, 2010iPhone/iPad app Version 2.0.4

Our iPhone/iPad app has just received an update to version 2.0.4.

✔ The "Start Page" preference will work again when resuming the app from the background after 15 minutes of idle time.
✔ You can now select the full list of reminder times without needing a Toodledo Pro account.
✔ Fix for sync on startup not working for people on slow networks.
✔ Fix for remote notification not always displaying the task being reminded about.
✔ Fix for occasional crash when entering "Fields & Defaults" settings page.
✔ Fix for a task's note not visually updating if it is visible on screen when a sync finishes that updated that note.
✔ Improvements to French, Italian and German translations


If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.12Jul 17, 2010iPhone App Update to Version 2.0.3

Our iPhone/iPad app has just received an update to version 2.0.3.

✔ Fixed bug where clicking a date in the calendar would pick the previous day for people observing daylight savings time
✔ The app will no longer freeze up for a few seconds when completing a repeating task on iOS4 with "sync on edit" enabled.
✔ If a sync isn't possible due to the iPhone being in airplane mode, the warning will now be less intrusive.
✔ Sync on Startup will now work more reliably.
✔ Improvements to Italian and French translations
✔ Added German translation


If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.11Jul 6, 2010iPhone app version 2.0.2

Our iPhone/iPad app has just received an update.

✔ New calendar used for picking due-dates and start-dates.
✔ Added sorting and searching to Notebook section.
✔ Fixed bug where the application badge wouldn't always update properly.
✔ Fixed iOS 4 bug where editing folder names was causing some of the folders to be displayed out of order and some to not appear in the editable list.
✔ Fixed iOS 4 bug where picking a start page wouldn't always statup to the value you picked.
✔ Fixed iOS 4 bug where push notifications wouldn't work for some people.
✔ Tapping on the tab in the bottom toolbar that you are already on will now take you to the top level on the iPad (already worked on iPhone).


If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.1Jun 23, 2010iPhone/iPad app Version 2.0.1

Our iPhone/iPad app has just received a minor update.

✔ Compatibility update for iOS 4
✔ High resolution artwork for iPhone 4
✔ For devices that support it with iOS4, when autosync is turned on, the app will sync in the background when you quit.
✔ Fixed bug where "Lock Rotation" preference on iPhone wasn't working
✔ Improved French and Italian translations
✔ Fixed bug where some people were seeing the labels on the main screen jiggle left to right when returning to the main screen.


If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.09Jun 13, 2010Toodledo for iPad / iPhone version 2.0

Our iPhone/iPad app has just been given a big update, including the oft requested Notebook support, as well as preliminary support for French and Italian translations.

✔ This was probably our number one feature request. We are happy to announce the addition of notebook functionality.
You can now keep track of notes as well as tasks and sync them seemlessly to Toodledo.com. This initial release contains
all the basic functionality needed to manage your notebooks. Missing features that will be coming in a future release are
notebook sorting and notebook searching.
✔ Added indicator on lists to show if a task has an alarm or not.
✔ The filter sheet will now remember what filter page you were on last time.
✔ Fixed iPad bug where you couldn't see what you were typing when adding a task with a long name.
✔ Fixed iPad bug where the keyboard would cover the bottom of a note when editing a long note.
✔ Fixed iPhone bug where it might not have been able to see the end of a very long note.
✔ Fixed iPhone bug where the list was scrolled back to the top whenever you returned to it.
✔ On iPad, added general setting for having wider lists which can display additional information below the task.
✔ Fixed issue where editing folders was having really narrow textfields
✔ Fixed bug where deleting a task via the swipe gesture wouldn't visibly remove the task from the right side of the iPad.
✔ Added translations for French and Italian.

If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.08Jun 8, 2010New action button and moving note icons

Today we are rolling out two improvements.

1) It is now possible to move the "Note" and "File Attachment" icons (file attachments are for Pro Plus Subscribers) to the left side of the task adjacent to the other icons. To do this, go into your account settings and under "Show Tasks as" choose "Grid" and click the checkbox to put the icons on the left. This was a popular feature request.

2) Prior to now, we had a hidden popup menu that would appear when you hovered your mouse over the checkbox for a few seconds. In hindsight we realize that this was a bad idea for several reasons. First, there was no visible indication that this secret menu existed, so few people discovered it. We often got feature requests for functionality that we had already made and put into this popup menu. Second, with the rise of mouseless computers (iPad and other tablets), the concept of "hovering your mouse" doesn't exist, so if you don't have a mouse you can't access the menu even if you wanted to.

So, we have made a new clickable icon near the checkbox and we have moved all the actions from the hover menu to this new location. This will make Toodledo function better on tablet computers and will make the actions in this popup menu more obvious and quicker to access.
5.07May 21, 2010What we have been doing recently

This isn't going to be that exciting to you, but it is to us.

Some of you may have noticed that our frequent updates to the website have slowed down a little bit over the last few months. This isn't because we are slacking off. In fact, we have been working on Toodledo harder than we've ever worked before, and we have even hired a few extra developers to assist us.

After 4 years of continual improvements, the inner workings of Toodledo were starting to get a little messy and hard to maintain and extend. When we designed the guts of Toodledo 4 years ago, we didn't anticipate certain things that were starting to make it difficult for us to continue to add functionality to Toodledo in the future.

So, about 4 months ago we started cleaning up, reorganizing, and rewriting the skeleton and brains of the website. It was a long, somewhat tedious project, but it was necessary and worth it. It's really anticlimactic for us, because if we did it right, then nobody would notice. I'm happy to say that we flipped the switch last Monday and nobody noticed.

So, this doesn't really mean anything to you as a Toodledoer except that we now have a clean foundation for moving forwards and that our energy will now be directed towards more visible improvements.

Thanks for using Toodledo!
5.06May 7, 2010Adding Folders/Contexts/Goal on-the-fly

It is now possible to add a new folder, context or goal on-the-fly when adding a new task via the main website. To use this feature, select the "New Folder..." option at the bottom of the folder list.

Also, we have added a confirmation warning when trying to complete a task that has uncompleted subtasks. This will make it less likely that an active subtask could get accidentally forgotten when the parent task is completed.
5.05May 5, 2010Security changes to signin

We have just implemented a small change to the signin process that should increase security for people who use public or shared computers to access Toodledo.

If you leave the "Remember Me" checkbox unchecked when you sign in to Toodledo, you will now be automatically signed out when you quit the browser.

If you check the "Remember Me" checkbox when you sign in to Toodledo, it will keep you signed in until you manually sign out.
5.04May 4, 2010iPhone/iPad app updated to version 1.6.3

Our iPhone/iPad app has just been updated. It includes a bunch of UI improvements and optimizations for both the iPad and iPhone.

✔ Optimized the UI for both iPhone and iPad.
✔ On iPad, the left to-do list will no longer hide in portrait mode.
✔ The filter/sort/search bar has been integrated and moved to the top of the list for quicker access.
✔ Task notes are now visible immediatly without needing to tap the "read note" button.
✔ Added some color and texture to the UI.
✔ The "Bigger Fonts" general setting will increase the size of more fonts throughout the app.
✔ Fixed bug with editing time being 1 hour off with daylight savings time.
✔ Fixed bug with fuzzy fonts in the general settings page.
✔ Fixed bug with "contact us" email form on iPad causing the email text to be invisible.

If Toodledo helps you on the iPhone, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5.03Apr 30, 2010Firefox Addon Updated

Our Firefox Addon has been updated to version 1.7 which brings the following improvements.

1) You can now set the start-time when adding a new tasks.
2) You can now set the star when adding a new task.
3) You can now set a reminder when adding a new task.
4) Clicking a link from the sidebar will load that link in the main window instead of the sidebar.
5) Fixed issues with certain symbols in your password preventing you from signing in to the addon.
6) All communications between the addon and the website are now encrypted for your security.
5.02Apr 27, 2010Improvements to adding tasks via Email and Twitter

For those of you who use our Email Import or Twitter Import tools, we have made a few welcome improvements.

1) It is now possible to set the start-time of an added task, using the ^ symbol. Example: "New Task >today ^4:00pm"
2) It is now possible to set the repeat value of an added task, using the & symbol. Example: "New Task #today &Every week"
3) It is now possible to set the star on an added task, using the * symbol. Example: "New Task *"
4) It is now possible to set a reminder on an added task, using the : symbol. Example: "New Task #today :2days"
5) It is now possible to request a list of your starred tasks using the * symbol in a query. Example: "? *"

For a complete list of the special syntax used for these tools, please read here.

6) In addition, your "new task defaults" can now be used to fill in details for tasks added via email or twitter. To begin using this, go into your account settings, and edit the "New Task Defaults" setting. Click the checkbox to allow the defaults to be applied to emailed/tweeted tasks.

Enjoy!
5.01Apr 13, 2010Toodledo for iPhone/iPad 1.6.2

Our iPhone/iPad App has been updated to version 1.6.2.

This is primarily a bug fix for the iPad, with one new feature added for both iPad and iPhone. Now that we have had an iPad for a few weeks, we have a bunch of ideas for UI improvements. Our next update will be a UI overhaul to make things more efficient. Please bear with us while we experiment with the iPad and figure it out.

+ Moved the "delete task" and "email task" buttons into an action button in the top right corner.
+ Added a "clone task" option to this new action button.

* Fixed an iPad bug that would cause the app to occassionally crash if a task was edited in portrait mode.
* Fixed an iPad bug where deleting a task from the task details screen, in portrait rotation, and then tapping the tasks button would occassionally cause a crash.


If Toodledo helps you on the iPhone, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

Thanks
5Apr 9, 2010Toodledo for iPad 1.6.1 - Bug fixes

Apple has just posted version 1.6.1 of our iPhone/iPad app. This is a bug fix update for the iPad.

* Fixed bug where "Contact Us" link didn't have "to" address filled in, on iPad
* Fixed bug where the app would occassionally crash when selecting a subtask from a popover menu on iPad.
* Fixed restoring state to where you were last time on iPad
* Other minor iPad fixed

There is one known bug that was not fixed in this update because we didn't find it until after we submitted this update to Apple. This bug causes the app to crash in certain situations on the iPad when editing a task in portrait mode. For now, if you want to be sure to not encounter this bug, you can use the app in landscape mode when editing tasks. We have fixed this bug and submitted it to Apple already, so it should come out as soon as Apple reviews it.

We are sorry for the bugs in the initial iPad release. We didn't have an actual iPad to test on until last weekend (the same day as everyone else), so we have been working hard this past week to test, debug and fix everything.
4.99Apr 1, 20101 minute reminders

By popular request, we have added a "~1 minute" lead-time option for getting reminders/alarms. Keep in mind that there are various delays in the system going from us to Apple and then to your iPhone, and that clocks may not all be in sync. This is why it is only approximately 1 minute ahead of time. The actual reminder may arrive a few minutes to either side.
4.98Apr 1, 2010Toodledo for iPad / iPhone

Our iPhone app has been updated to version 1.6.0, which brings along some updates, but the big news is that Toodledo will now work perfectly on the iPad and takes advantage of the entire screen to manage your tasks.

* Added dividers on lists between tasks with similar values. (For example, all the "today" tasks will be listed under a "today" header when sorting your list by due date

* Fixed a bug that would cause the due time to be displayed off by one hour in certain situations, due to daylight savings time

* Made in-app documentation prettier

* Fixed bug where "no context" and "no tag" filters would get unset on occasion.

Screenshots and more info is available in iTunes. Download from iTunes
4.97Mar 18, 2010Improvements to Tag/Context filters

We have made some improvements to the tag and context filters.

1) There is now an "invert selection" option that will allow you to quickly flip the filter the other way around.
2) Tag autocomplete will now work more reliably for multi-word tags and tags with symbols in them.

3) Unrelated to filters: Now when you delete a task, it will ask for confirmation with the name of the task instead of a generic confirmation message. This will help prevent accidental deletion of the wrong task.
4.96Mar 17, 2010File storage increased to 5GB

We have increased the file storage quota for Pro Plus subscribers from 1GB to 5GB. Now, you can upload and store more files associated with tasks.
4.95Mar 12, 2010Twitter Reminders

It is now possible to select "Twitter" as a location for customizable reminders for tasks that are coming due. Once you link your Twitter account to Toodledo, we will send you a direct message for tasks that you want to receive a reminder for.

This is configurable in the Tools and Services section. You can link your Twitter account on the Twitter Setup page and you can setup reminder locations on the Reminder Setup page.
4.94Mar 10, 2010iPhone updated with multi-sort. Version 1.5.8

Our iPhone app has been updated with a frequently requested feature. You can now sort your list by up to 3 different criteria, just like on the website.

Here is the full list of changes:

* Added the ability to sort your list by up to three different criteria at the same time
* Added "no context" and "no tag" option when filtering tasks.
* The filters dialog will now show the number of filters set in each section.
* Fixes display bug where "No Tag" and "Any Tag" pages didn't have a page title.
* Fixed bug where restoring to the page where you last where wouldn't work correctly when the last place was a tag list.
4.93Mar 3, 2010Tag filter

Hot on the heels of yesterdays update, we are now releasing the tag filter, and a few small refinements.

1) Tag filter : You can now filter your list by multiple tags.

2) When viewing a collaborator's list, it will now retain this collaborator when switching views (it won't reset to your list)

3) If you accidentally briefly move the mouse outside of a popup box (due-date calendar, tag filter, etc), it won't annoyingly disappear anymore. There is a very brief delay where you can move the mouse back in and keep editing.
4.92Mar 2, 2010Tag autocomplete + multi-context filter

Here are a couple nice improvements for today.

1) Tag autocomplete: When typing a new tag, it will highlight the tag that it thinks you are trying to type. Press the tab key to autocomplete that tag.

2) The context filter now allows you to select multiple contexts to filter by

3) Pressing the tab key to move between fields in the "Add Task" box will now allow you to tab to the note field.

4) Soon.... We implemented a tag filter that works just like the context filter, but it ran into a few last minute bugs, so we will release that once we get those ironed out.

Enjoy!
4.91Feb 9, 2010"Started" tab and saved Notebook sorting

Two small updates today:

1) The Notebook section will now remember how you sorted your notes and will keep them sorted that way when you return.

2) The"Due-Date" view has a new tab called "Started" that will be visible if you use the "start-date" field. This tab will show all tasks that have a start-date that is today or earlier. This will be useful to isolate tasks that can be started, while hiding tasks that haven't started yet.
4.9Feb 2, 2010iPhone app updated to version 1.5.7

A small update with improvements and a bug fix.

* Refinements to the new tag and context filters.
* Added general option to view lists with complete task titles (they will wrap onto multiple lines instead of being truncated with ellipses).
* Fixed bug where app may crash when scrolling to the bottom of the task details screen to view a subtask.
4.89Jan 21, 2010Updated Firefox Addon

Firefox 3.6 was released today, and we have also updated our Firefox add-on for compatibility.

http://www.toodledo.com/widget/firefox_plugin.php
4.88Jan 19, 2010New Tag Picker

We have just released our new tag picker. Now, when you add or edit a tag, a box will popup that will list your most commonly used tags for easy selection.

For those of you looking for tags to be auto-completed as you type (no mouse clicking), this is still on our to-do list.

We have also fixed a bug where clicking on a tag's tab (for example: "work") would have incorrectly displayed tasks with a tag that was a subset of the other tab (for example: "workout").
4.87Jan 13, 2010iPhone app updated with context/tag filters

Our iPhone app was updated today to version 1.5.6. The major improvements are a context filter and tag filter so that you can hide certain tasks. Here is the full list:

* Added a new Context Filter for hiding/showing tasks
* Added a new Tag Filter for hiding/showing tasks
* Added general preference to show list counts as filtered/total, so you can see how many tasks are currently filtered.
* The "Beep Beep" sound will now work with remote notifications
* Fixed bug where unlinking an account from Toodledo.com syncing could cause existing subtasks to be hidden
* iPhone->Web force sync will now work better
* The app will no longer freeze if the "Choose a Wifi Network" popup appears in the middle of a sync.
* Fixed bug where tasks set to repeat on a month multiple would always repeat monthly, if Toodledo was used in standalone mode.
* Fixed bug where sync wouldn't finish if a task's note had certain non-english characters in it
* Filters will no longer be applied to fields that are disabled
* The buttons on the "About Us" page are now clickable in landscape mode
* The "Sync on Edit" feature will now work more reliably, requiring fewer full syncs.
* If you have selected a default folder and then you delete that folder, it will now set the default for new tasks to "no folder" instead of "undefined"
* Archived goals will now be hidden
* Fixed display bug with adding new tags in landscape orientation

Available for purchase or as a free update from the iTunes App Store.

Apple allows you to rate and review an iPhone app each time it is updated, so feel free to re-rate or re-review our app if you desire.
4.86Jan 8, 2010Task emailing + Permalinks

Two additions today.

1) It is now possible to email a task to someone from the website. Hover your mouse over the checkbox for any task and select the "Email task..." link. This will open a pre-formatted email in your preferred email program.

2) Adjacent to this you'll see the new "Permanent Link" link. This is a way to get a URL that links directly to a specific task. From now on, email reminders sent from the website will contain this permanent link so that you can quickly get to the task from an email.

Enjoy!
Dec 27, 20092009 In Review

Happy Holidays!

2009 was a busy and challenging year for Toodledo.

At the beginning of the year, we moved our offices from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California. We lost a little productivity time with the move, but we now have a constant moral boost from the sunnier weather.

This year, we experienced over 300% growth, which caused us to outgrow our servers twice. Welcome to all of our new Toodledoers!

Our biggest challenge occurred in the middle of the year when our service provider had several power outages that caused us to be offline for several hours. As a result of our growth and server issues, we spent a lot of time this year working on our hardware infrastructure to ensure that we can grow easier in the future and that we have increased redundancy and reliability.

In spite off all this time spent working behind the scenes, we did manage to release a ton of improvements to Toodledo that you may have noticed:



  • Greatly enhanced the ability to get reminders for tasks that are due soon, with adjustable leadtimes, reminders to multiple locations and support for instant push reminders to the iPhone.

  • Manual sorting of subtasks.

  • Big enhancements to how dates and times are handled, with the addition of a new popup calendar with quick dates, combining dates with times, and the addition of the "start time" field.

  • Added ability for a task to repeat from the start date.

  • Added the ability to duplicate or clone an existing task.

  • Many more third-party apps that work with Toodledo were created. Some notable ones: TaskJot (blackberry), Nuevasync (Windows Mobile, Nokia, Palm Pre), Active Words (PC)

  • Added the ability to add a subtask directly to a task without using drag and drop.

  • Added a Gmail Gadget.

  • Added ability to have subtasks nested by default.

  • Support Tickets were added to allow our customers to get one-on-one help.

  • The default values that you can set for new tasks were made to work on our slim website, simple website, multiple-add page, and various gadgets.

  • Speed improvements to searching.

  • Emailing a task into Toodledo was enhanced with more fields that can be set, file attachments (for Pro Plus users), UTF8 support, and support for CCing or BCCing Toodledo.

  • Adding tasks via Twitter was improved to support more settable fields.

  • Added support for the following new web browsers: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Opera 10.

  • Enhanced options for sorting your lists.

  • Your work week can now start on a Sunday or Monday.

  • Improvements to iCal support for syncing with calendars, importing and exporting.

  • Added the ability to see your recent account activity.

  • Added the ability to see your recently deleted tasks.

  • Improvements to keyboard shortcuts.

  • Improvements to task RSS feeds.

  • Improvements to the forums, including post icons, a "mark all as read" button, post rating, profile improvements, and a watchlist.

  • Improvements to our Import and Export tools.

  • The "Open/Close Dividers" feature now remembers its position.

  • Booklets can now be printed on A4 paper.

  • The Calendar page was improved and enhanced.

  • Quicksearch was optimized and improved.

  • Added the ability to give Toodledo as a gift.

  • Our slim mini-site now works for Palm Pre and Android phones.

  • And literally hundreds of additional small improvements and bug fixes.




We also worked very hard to improve our iPhone App, which was rated 4.5 out of 5 by MacWorld magazine, and which has consistently been in the top 20 ranked productivity apps on the iTunes App Store.


  • Added support for push notifications to receive popup reminders for tasks due soon, with 20 different alert sounds to pick from.

  • Cut/Copy/Paste support.

  • Added ability to instantly sync edits with "Sync on Edit" feature.

  • Smart tag picker.

  • Added more sorting options.

  • Adding a task is now much faster.

  • URLs and phone numbers in notes are now clickable.

  • Editing tasks is now faster and easier.

  • Added the "start time" field.

  • Support for landscape mode.

  • Ability to sync the timezone between the iPhone and website (useful for frequent travelers).

  • Filter will now show how many tasks are filtered out.

  • And a bunch of additional small improvements and bug fixes.




Wow! We need a vacation!

We appreciate all the support and suggestions that we have received from everyone. We are striving to make Toodledo the best productivity tool on the internet, and we have big plans for 2010 and beyond. Thanks to everyone for making Toodledo a success.

Happy New Year!
4.85Dec 8, 2009Better iCal importing (RTM importing)

Today we have just improved our iCal importer, which is the primary way that people can import their tasks from our biggest competitor, Remember the Milk. If you are a former RTM user, or are planning to switch, it is now possible to import your tasks from RTM and retain almost all of the information. The only information that we can't import is the task's list (folder). RTM does not export this value, so the data isn't there to import.

More Info: http://www.toodledo.com/info/help_rtm.php
4.84Nov 24, 2009Several refinements to subtasks and notes.

Today we are releasing some refinements to the way subtasks are manipulated as well as a few bug fixes and enhancements.

1) Moving subtasks around via drag and drop will now be smoother with less flickering and jerkiness.
2) Dragging a new subtask onto a closed parent, with manual sorting turned on, will now work properly.
3) Loading subtasks will now always obey the "show/hide notes" setting that you have selected.
4) Worked around a bug in Chrome that could cause the task or note to be overwritten with a different task or note when using the back button in combination with certain actions.
5) When typing a note or notebook entry, a small counter will now tell you how many characters you have left to type.
6) Some caps have been put into place to protect Toodledo from degraded performance.

Let me explain #5 and #6 a little bit.

Notes and Notebook entries have always had a limit on the number of characters they could hold, but this wasn't documented or displayed. If your note was too long, it just got truncated. So, we now display the number of characters left to type. The limits are very big. There are only a handful of notes or notebook entries that have hit these limits. Here they are:

Total length of a note: 32,000 characters
Total length of a notebook entry: 64,000 characters


We also noticed that there were a handful of people using Toodledo very heavily, who were causing degraded performance for everyone else. After investigating, we determined that in almost all of these cases, the abuse was happening unintentionally, due to a misbehaving third-party application that was syncing poorly to their account. In several instances, we found customers who had 200,000+ folders. Our UI was never designed to support this many folders, and I doubt our webpage would have even opened. We noticed similar things with contexts, goals, notebooks and tasks. In one case we found someone with half a million tasks in their account, but 499,950 of them were duplicates. Yikes!

So, we needed to put some caps in place to protect the service from abuse. We carefully analyzed how people were using Toodledo and picked caps that will not affect anyone using it as intended. There are only a few dozen accounts that will be affected by these limits, and most of these accounts are no longer active, probably abandoned because they couldn't figure out how to fix it.

That said, here are the new limits.

Total number of Folders: 1,000
Total number of Contexts: 1,000
Total number of Goals: 1,000
Total number of Notebooks: 10,000
Total number of Tasks: 20,000

The last one (number of tasks) is actually a partial cap. It is only applied to tasks added via third-party syncing applications. You can have more than 20,000 tasks if they are added via the website.

We don't want to point fingers, but we also don't want people's information to get corrupted, so, if you are using a old version of the ChromaDrake software for syncing Outlook to Toodledo, please consider upgrading to a recent version that fixes these issues.
4.83Nov 13, 2009Manual Sorting of Subtasks.

Today we are releasing a big new feature and some bug fixes.

Manually Sorting Subtasks
This is one of our top requests and we are happy to finally have it finished. The way that subtasks are sorted within their parent tasks is now a user preference. You can go into your account settings to change your preference. "Automatic Sorting" is the way that it has worked up until now, where subtasks are sorted with their parent task using the sort criteria that you have chosen. "Manual Sorting" is the new option. This allows all subtasks to be manually sorted within their parent tasks by dragging and dropping. This manual sorting only works when viewing subtasks indented. If you are viewing your list flattened out, then the regular sort criteria are used.

Other changes
1) Our slim mini-site now works for Palm Pre and Android phones.
2) When using the DD/MM/YYY date format, the drop down calendar might have shown the wrong month when adding a task.
3) When editing notes on Internet Explorer, it should no longer accidentally remove line breaks in rare situations.
4) Editing a task so that it was just whitespace caused and error and is no longer possible.
5) When deleting all of your tasks (using the account settings option), it is now possible to also delete your folders, contexts and goals.
6) A task that was assigned to an archived goal will now correctly show that goal on the list.
7) Fixed a security issue that could have allowed people you were collaborating with to potentially modify tasks they weren't supposed to. They would have had to intentionally and maliciously do this using some hacking tools. If you are not collaborating, or trust the people you are collaborating with, then there isn't anything to worry about. It has been fixed now anyway.
4.82Nov 10, 2009Toodledo iPhone app updated to version 1.5.5

Our official iPhone app has been updated to version 1.5.5 with the following improvements.

* Smart tag picker allows you to pick existing tags from a list. No more typing them out by hand.
* The filter button will now show the number of tasks that are currently filtered out of the list.
* The badges that show the number of tasks in a list will now match the behavior on the website.
* Added an additional sound for push notifications (20 total).
* Fixed bug where chinese characters could appear at the top of an emailed task in rare situations.
* Fixed bug where repeating tasks that were not synced to the website, might have repeated incorrectly (off by 1 day), in certain timezones.
* Fixed bug where a sync wouldn't complete if you had tasks that were assigned to a goal that was archived on the website.
* Fixed bug where if you were using the Chinese regional settings, a time set between 12:00 and 12:59 PM would be saved as AM.
* Fixed bug where, in certain situations, the app might crash the next time you started it, if you had put the iPhone to sleep very quickly after adding a new task.

It make take a few hours for iTunes to refresh and display the update.
4.81Oct 30, 2009Two bug fixes for dates

1) Fixed a bug related to daylight savings time (Nov 1) that was causing the "QuickDate" links next to the calendar popup to be inaccurate.
2) Fixed a bug on the Calendar view that was causing the days of the week to be printed incorrectly for people who have Monday set as the first day of the week, in months where the first day of the month is on a Sunday (this November, for example).
4.8Oct 26, 2009Give Toodledo as a Gift

Just in time for the holiday season, it is now possible to give a Toodledo subscription as a gift. Just go to our Upgrade page and type in the recipient's email address to purchase a gift subscription.

This also works for corporate accounts, where the person who does the purchasing is not the person using the account.
4.79Oct 21, 2009Forums now have a watchlist

We have added a simple watchlist to our forums. With this, you can have a single place where you can go to check on the topics that interest you the most. This is a good way to monitor a topic for replies.

Toodledo does not currently send a notification when a topic on your watchlist is updated. This is planned for a future update. For now, you'll need to monitor the watchlist manually.
4.78Oct 12, 2009Small bug fixes and API updates.

Today we have a few small bug fixes and some additions to our API that will allow third-party applications to better sync with Toodledo.

1) If you have a subtask without a due-date that is set to repeat "from parent" it will now repeat and remain dateless instead of getting set to have same due-date as it's parent.
2) Fixed a bug that allowed a task to be created that would repeat when you completed it, even though it said "no repeat".

API updates (for third-party developers)

1) The "reminder" field is now visible and editable so you can create and edit tasks with reminders.
2) It is now possible to read goal notes.
3) It is now possible to edit a goal's archived state.
4) It is now possible to edit which goal another goal contributes to.
5) It is now possible to add or edit a task to repeat from the completion date.
6) We updated the documentation to indicate which date fields also accept unix timestamps.
4.77Oct 7, 2009Two more keyboard shortcuts

We just added two more keyboard shortcuts.

y = Switch to Tag view
s = Switch to Status view
4.76Oct 2, 2009Six more improvements: Quicksearch, keyboard shortcuts, bugs

Continuing on yesterdays batch of small improvements we have a few more for today.

1) The QuickSearch functionality has been optimized and improved. It can now search through several thousand tasks without causing the browser to slow down. It also fixed a few bugs with searching inside indented subtasks.

2) You can now add a task from the calendar view.

3) Added a bunch more keyboard shortcuts. For a description of all of them, check here. Most of the functions in the toolbars will now have a keyboard shortcut.

4) Fixed a display bug with Internet Explorer 8 when using Multi-line view and editing tags.

5) Fixed a bug where the "clone task" function would not work on the scheduler or calendar pages.

6) Fixed a bug where saving and then quickly re-editing a note would cause the newline/return characters to be removed.
4.75Oct 1, 2009Four small improvements and fixes

We have just released a few small improvements and bug fixes.

1) The Calendar page has been promoted to a full view. The link has been moved from the sidebar up to the top in the "View By" section.

2) Saved Booklets will now have the option of being download in Letter as well as A4 sized paper.

3) A saved search that was using a field that you no longer have displayed on your list, will now be correctly editable.

4) The "History" link in the sidebar has always been a shortcut to the "Recently Completed" tab on the main view. We are switching this to link to the "Search" page with a pre-filled search. This will make it easier and quicker to adjust the date-range for the completed tasks that you want to find.
Oct 1, 2009Nuevasync enables task syncing to Windows Mobile, Nokia and Palm

A third party company called Nuevasync has just announced syncing support between Toodledo and Windows Mobile, Nokia and Palm Pre devices.
4.74Sep 18, 2009iPhone Update: Alert sounds, timezone syncing and more

Version 1.5.4 of our iPhone app is now available from the iTunes App Store.

* You can now pick which sound is played when you receive a popup reminder for a task that is due soon.
* Added option to sync your timezone from the iPhone to the website. This is helpful if you travel and want popup reminders to arrive on time in the local timezone instead of your home timezone.
* When adding a task, you now have the option to save it and return to where you were, or to go to the task and edit the details further.
* Emailing a task will now stay inside the app instead of switching to the Mail app.
* Fixed bug with lists occasionally being blank when sorting by "folder, importance" or "folder, due-date".
* Fixed bug where the keyboard would hide the bottom half of a new note in landscape mode.
* Fixed bug where the last task in a list might be hidden below the toolbar after doing a search.
* Fixed bug where having a start page of "Folders" would sometimes start to the last folder you were in instead of the list of folders.
* Fixed bug with the New Zealand timezone where a due-date might be visually displayed to be one day ahead of what it actually was.
* Fixed bug where completing a task with "sync on edit" enabled would cause the task to dissappear too quickly, with no ability to uncomplete it if it was a mistake.
* Fixed bug where the main screen would flicker when it refreshed it's badge counts
* Fixed bug where a folder created on the website would require a manualy sync before appearing on the iPhone in some situations
* Fixed bug with "Sync on Edit" where rapidly editing multiple tasks in a row with a slow network connection may have caused some of the edits to not get synced to the website until the next time you did a manual sync.
* Fixed some minor cosmetic display issues related to landscape mode.

Supports iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1

IMPORTANT NOTE: To avoid losing your existing data, please make sure that you sync with Toodledo.com and backup your iPhone to iTunes before updating the application. Do not delete the application from your iPhone before installing the new version because this will also delete all of your data.
Older items have been removed for brevity.


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